2023-2024学年度第一学期月考1试题
高二英语
时间: 120分钟
注意：本试卷满分150分。
1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将所在的试室、自己姓名、班别和考生号填写在答题卷(卡)上，涉及电脑阅卷的答题卡要用2B铅笔涂好考生号。
2、答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应位置上，涉及电脑阅卷的答题卡用2B铅笔填涂，不准使用涂改液，否则一律无效。
3、交卷时，只交回答题卷(卡)，试卷由考生自己带回保管。
一、听力 (共10小题;每小题2分，共20分)
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。
1. What does the woman like doing on weekends
A. Going swimming. B. Going shopping. C. Going biking.
2. Who does the woman stay with on Sundays
A. Her travel partners. B. Her friends. C. Her family.
听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。
3. Who is the woman speaking to
A. A reporter. B. A teacher. C. A student.
4. What does the man probably want to study in the future
A. Math. B. Law. C. Spanish.
5. What can we know about the online courses
A. They are available for free.
B. They are for university students.
C. They are about computer programming.
听下面一段独白，回答第6-8题。
6. What is the speaker’s first suggestion
A. Try food in small shops. B. Learn Chilean history. C. Go hiking with friends.
7. What means of transport does the speaker recommend
A. Subway. B. Train. C. Bus.
8. What is the speaker probably doing
A. Giving a geography class.
B. Giving a guided tour.
C. Hosting a program.
听下面一段对话，回答第9-10题。
9. Where is the man now
A. In Canada. B. In Britain. C. In China.
10. What will the man probably do tomorrow
A. Take some photos. B. Meet with Jean. C. Visit his uncle.
二、单项选择(共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)
1. The job is ________to me because I've little experience. However, it is also ________.
A. challenging; rewarding B. challenged; rewarded
C. challenging; rewarded D. challenged; rewarding
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这份工作对我来说很有挑战性，因为我没有什么经验。然而，这也是值得的。-ing结尾形容词，一般用来修饰物，说明主语的性质或特征，意为“令人……的”；-ed结尾形容词，一般用来修饰人，说明主语所处的状态，意为“感到……的”。分析句子结构可知，句子的主语为The job，所以第一空用-ing结尾形容词challenging，表示“具有挑战性的”；第二空主语为it，代指the job，也应用-ing结尾形容词rewarding，表示“值得的”。故选A。
2. As he was not allowed to________ her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.
A. sympathy B. satisfy C. accompany D. alarm
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查词义辨析。句意：由于不允许他陪她去商店，他就给她列了一张购物清单。A. sympathy同情；B. satisfy使满意；C. accompany 陪伴；D. alarm警报。分析句子结构可知，此处应为动词原形，结合句意可知，此处表示“陪伴”符合句意，所以此处使用accompany。故选C项。
3. She failed the exam again, but her sister, ________, did it very well.
A. deep down B. upside down C. by contrast D. in turn
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查短语辨析。句意：她考试又不及格了，但相比之下，她的姐姐考得很好。A. deep down在内心深处；B. upside down颠倒，倒转；C. by contrast相比之下；D. in turn相应地，轮流。根据句意，“她考试不及格”和“她的姐姐考得很好”之间形成对比，by contrast符合题意。故选C。
4. My mother didn’t ________my giving up the current job.
A. in favor of B. break up C. make inferences D. approve of
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语词义辨析。句意：我母亲不赞成我放弃目前的工作。A. in favor of支持；B. break up分解，解散；C. make inferences作出推理；D. approve of赞成。结合句意可知，此处表示“赞成”符合句意，且在助动词didn’t之后，所以使用动词原形。故选D项。
5. We can ________early so that we’ll have more time to read and select books.
A. set out B. set up C. set aside D. set back
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们可以早点出发，这样我们就有更多的时间阅读和挑选书籍。A. set out出发；B. set up建立；C. set aside搁置；D. set back阻碍。根据后文“early so that we’ll have more time to read and select books”可知，为了有更多时间要早点出发。故选A。
6. ________mountains on such a clear day________ a good way to relax.
A. Climb, is B. Climbing, is C. To climb, are D. Climbing, are
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查动名词做主语和主谓一致。句意：在这样一个晴朗的日子爬山是一个放松的好方式。此句动词climb放在句首，动词做主语需转化为动名词-ing形式，所以需填climbing. 此句主语是Climbing mountains on such a clear day,动名词做主语是陈述一件事情，即“在这样晴朗的日子里爬山”这件事情是单数，所以根据主谓一致原则，谓语动词be动词用is.故选B项。
7. ________in a famous university is what most students wish for.
A. Educating B. Educate C. Being educated D. Educated.
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查动名词。句意：在名牌大学接受教育是大多数学生的愿望。分析句子结构可知，此处应为非谓语动词作主语，结合句意可知，此处描述的是经常性发生的动作，所以使用动名词形式作主语，且表示被动意义，所以此处使用动名词的被动形式being educated，位于句首，being的首字母需大写。故选C项。
8. ________ himself ________ the project, he had no time to go back home.
A. Occupied; with B. Occupied; of
C. Occupying; with D. Occupying; of
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】考查固定搭配和非谓语动词。句意：他忙于这个项目，没有时间回家。occupy oneself with...意为“忙于……”，相当于be occupied with。根据两个空之间的himself可知，这里应用前一短语。分析句子结构，本句的谓语是had，所以逗号前的部分应为非谓语动词短语，逻辑主语he和occupy之间是主谓关系，所以应用现在分词，作状语。结合四个选项可知，选C。
9. I am very tired and don’t feel like _________ anything at the moment.
A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. eaten
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：我现在很累，什么也不想吃。分析句子结构可知，此处应为非谓语动词作宾语，根据feel like doing sth.意为“想要做某事”可知，此处应为动名词形式，作宾语。故选B项。
10. There was an awkward silence when no one knew what ________, and then I changed the subject.
A. say B. saying C. said D. to say
【答案】D
【解析】
【详解】考查动词不定式。句意：大家都不知道该怎么办，一阵尴尬的沉默，然后我改变了话题。分析句子结构可知，此处应为“疑问词+不定式”结构，所以此处使用动词不定式to say与what构成“what to say”结构作knew的宾语。故选D项。
三、完型填空(共15题，每小题1分，共15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Erik And Brittany Mallasch knew each other in 2006. They got married ____11____ and have three children together. For the past decade, they’ve been focused on ____12____ their family with different needs. That’s a(n)____13____ for a lot of parents.
Erik was a plumber(水电工). He had his own YouTube channel, where he ____14____ the nickname “The Naked Plumber”. Sometimes, he would usually ____15____ most of his mornings filming himself. He also did much ____16____ for his friends and family members.
The loving husband and father devoted most of his ____17____ to making sure his family was ____18____ well. In fact, that is the thing that any father would do. However, Erik ____19____ that he spent a lot more time focusing on his family’s ____20____ rather than having fun. That realization led to Erik coming up with a(n)____21____ that would shock many people,____22____ his wife. So Erik asked his lovely wife how he could make her happier, but she couldn’t help but ____23____. He told Brittany that she didn’t have to go to work for the time being. Erik handed Brittany a brown paper bag.
It was a folded pink paper that would change her mood quickly! Because it was really her ____24____ gift—a passport for a sightseeing to Germany. It was something that Brittany would have never ____25____ in her wildest dreams.
11. A. sooner B. later C. recently D. before
12. A. providing B. comparing C. taking D. connecting
13. A. advantage B. source C. success D. challenge
14. A. preferred B. forgot C. used D. lost
15. A. waste B. spend C. save D. delay
16. A. research B. shopping C. space D. work
17. A. feeling B. time C. promise D. honesty
18. A. set about B. looked after C. passed down D. cleared up
19. A. realized B. imagined C. responded D. announced
20. A. opinions B. hobbies C. needs D. stories
21. A. fact B. title C. idea D. explanation
22. A. finally B. entirely C. especially D. directly
23. A. fear B. run C. laugh D. jump
24. A. favorite B. regular C. personal D. simplest
25. A. requested B. expected C. doubted D. admitted
【答案】11. B 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B 16. D 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作为父亲和丈夫的Erik在尽力满足家人生活需求的同时，也不忘给家人制造惊喜。
【11题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：后来他们结婚了，生了三个孩子。A. sooner很快的比较级；B. later后来；C. recently最近；D. before以前。根据前文可知，两人相识于2006年，按照逻辑发展，后来两人结婚生子。故选B。
【12题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：在过去的十年里，他们一直专注于为家庭提供各种所需。A. providing提供；B. comparing比较；C. taking拿取；D. connecting连接。根据“different needs”可知，两人专心养家，提供生活必需。故选A。
【13题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：对很多家长来说，这是一个艰巨的任务。A. advantage优势；B. source来源；C. success成功；D. challenge挑战；艰巨任务。根据常识可知，养家并不是一份轻松的事。故选D。
【14题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他有自己的YouTube账号，在那里他使用了“The Naked Plumber”的绰号。A. preferred更喜欢；B. forgot忘记；C. used使用；D. lost丢失。根据“the nickname”可知，Erik在YouTube社交平台使用自己的绰号。故选C。
【15题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时，他通常会在早上的大部分时间里拍摄自己。A. waste浪费；B. spend花费；C. save节省；D. delay推迟。根据前文提到的社交平台YouTube及本句中的自拍可知，Erik通常用早上的时间进行一些自拍。故选B。
【16题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：他也为他的朋友和家人拍了很多作品。A. research研究；B. shopping购物；C. space空间；D. work作品。根据本句中的also可知，除了拍摄自己外，Erik也给家人和朋友拍了作品。故选D。
【17题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这位慈爱的丈夫和父亲把大部分时间都花在确保家人得到良好的照顾上。A. feeling感觉；B. time时间；C. promise承诺；D. honesty诚实。根据后文“he spent a lot more time focusing on his family’s”中的提示可知，Erik把大部分时间花在了家人身上。故选B。
【18题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：这位慈爱的丈夫和父亲把大部分时间都花在确保家人得到良好的照顾上。A. set about着手；B. looked after照料；C. passed down传递；D. cleared up清理。根据前文所述的夫妻二人专心养家可知，此处表示确保家人们被照顾的很好。故选B。
【19题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，埃里克意识到，他花了太多时间关注家人的生活所需，而不是享乐。A. realized意识到；B. imagined想象；C. responded回应；D. announced宣布。根据后文中“realization”的提示可知，此处表示“意识到”。故选A。
【20题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：然而，埃里克意识到，他花了太多时间关注家人的生活所需，而不是享乐。A. opinions观点；B. hobbies习惯；C. needs需求；D. stories故事。根据前文出现过的“needs”的提示可知，此处指生活所需。故选C。
【21题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：意识到这一点，Erik想出了一个让很多人震惊的主意，尤其是他的妻子。A. fact事实；B. title标题；C. idea主意；D. explanation解释。根据短语“coming up with”可知，想出“主意”符合句意。故选C。
【22题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：意识到这一点，Erik想出了一个让很多人震惊的主意，尤其是他的妻子。A. finally最终；B. entirely完全；C. especially尤其；D. directly直接地。根据句意可知，此处表示强调。故选C。
【23题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：于是Erik问他可爱的妻子他怎样才能让她更快乐，她忍不住笑了。A. fear害怕；B. run跑；C. laugh笑；D. jump跳。根据“make her happier”可知，选项中只有“laugh笑”符合语境和句意。故选C。
【24题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：因为这真的是她最喜欢的礼物——去德国旅游的护照。A. favorite最喜欢的；B. regular常规的；C. personal个人的；D. simplest最简单的。根据前文所述“这将会很快改变她的心情”可知，这份礼物一定是她喜欢的。故选A。
【25题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是Brittany做梦也想不到的。A. requested要求；B. expected预料；C. doubted怀疑；D. admitted承认。根据“in her wildest dreams”可知，此处表达的是“做梦也想不到”，用“预料”符合语境。故选B。
四、阅读理解(五篇，共20小题;每小题2.5分，共50分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Children’s Art Exhibition 2022: Looking for Light
Exhibition time: March 25~ April 23, 2022
Theme-light in art:
.Artists play with light, both as a subject and as a tool.
.Light changes colors, creates shadow and is used to create space in pictures.
.Light can be used within a work of art. Special effects can be produced by the change between light and dark.
.In addition to making things visible, light can be used to inspire emotions.
.This exhibit shows how light is used to create effects within art.
People who can take part:
Kindergarten through eighth grade students may enter for this exhibition.
Requirements:
.Art pieces must be created between August 2021 and February 2022.
.The work must be no larger than 12cm×18cm.
.Only one work per person is accepted, including co-working artworks.
.Works are accepted from February 22 to March 11, 2022.
More information:
.Complete a form to make sure you have included a statement about how light is used in your piece. Attach it to the back of your artwork.
.Deliver your artwork to the Museum at 302 Second Avenue East, Kalispell, MT.
.Contact Kathy Martin, Director of Education, at 7555268 or email education@ with any questions about this exhibition.
.Students or their teachers may hand in artworks for this exhibition.
.The works selected for display are determined by how well they show the theme and the
quality of works.
Note: In order to help us create the best artworks, we ask teachers turning in artworks on behalf of their class to make a selection of artworks ahead of time to reduce too many of the same ones.
26. When can the works be turned in
A. On March 10. B. On March 24.
C. On April 11. D. On May 25.
27. Which is a requirement for the exhibition
A. Only eighth grade students can take part.
B. The work must be larger than 12cm×18cm.
C. Each of the works should have just one creator.
D. The work is finished between August 2021 and February 2022.
28. What are teachers asked to do
A. Choose the best works. B. Select the works in advance .
C. Contact Kathy Martin ahead of time. D. Deliver art to the museum in person.
【答案】26. A 27. D 28. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章对2022年儿童艺术展的相关信息进行了介绍。
【26题详解】
细节理解题。根据Requirements部分中的“Works are accepted from February 22 to March 11, 2022.(作品接收时间为2022年2月22日至3月11日)”可知，作品可以在3月10日上交。故选A。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据Requirements部分中的“Art pieces must be created between August 2021 and February 2022.(艺术作品必须是在2021年8月至2022年2月之间创作的)”可知，这次展览要求作品的创作时间在2021年8月至2022年2月之间。故选D。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段“Note: In order to help us create the best artworks, we ask teachers turning in artworks on behalf of their class to make a selection of artworks ahead of time to reduce too many of the same ones.(注：为了帮助我们创作出最好的艺术作品，我们要求教师代表所在的班级提前筛选艺术作品，以减少太多相同的作品)”可知，教师们被要求提前筛选作品，以免重复。故选B。
B
It was late one evening. I can’t remember what it was about, but my Dad and I had a very big argument when my mother was away. We both said things we didn’t mean, and in the end I said, “I’m leaving.” And he said, “Good. The sooner, the better.”
I threw a few things in the suitcase and closed the door violently behind me, not knowing where I was going. After walking aimlessly for 20 minutes, I stopped at a local supermarket. Then my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Hey, Mary. Where are you Dad is worried about you.”
“How can he worry about me I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me. “Listen, Mom. You can tell Dad that I’m fine. I’ll call you tomorrow.” I said and hung up.
I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my purchases, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I left the supermarket, a large piece of white paper was in front of me. On the piece of white paper were these words: “Please come home! I miss you and I’m worried about you!”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my Dad. Besides him, smiling gently, sat my mom. And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite(尽管) my best effort to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.
29. Why does Mary leave home
A. had to make her own living B. had a bad performance at school
C. had an argument with her mother D. had a big argument with her father
30. What does Mary do, after her mother called her,
A. tried to calm down B. forgave her father
C. became angrier than before D. agreed to go home
31. What does the underlined word “purchases” in Paragraph 4 mean
A. goods Mary bought B. actions Mary regretted (后悔)
C. telephone calls Mary made D. lessons Mary learned
32. What probably happened at the end of the story
A. Mary still refused to go home. B. Mary returned home happily.
C. Mary’s father became angry again. D. Mary’s mother was angry with her father.
【答案】29. D 30. C 31. A 32. B
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者和父亲吵架，作者离家出走，父亲焦急地让妈妈给作者打电话，询问作者在哪里。最终，父亲找到了作者，作者看到了父亲满满地关爱的眼神。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段but my Dad and I had a very big argument when my mother was away. 但是我妈妈不在的时候，我和爸爸大吵了一架。由此可知，玛丽离开家的原因是和父亲大吵了一架。故选D项。
【30题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段How can he worry about me I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me.可知，他怎么会为我担心呢 我已经离开将近半个小时了，但他没有打电话来。我恼怒地说。我的怒气又回来了，我想起了他对我喊的那些可恨的话。由此可知，玛丽妈妈给作者打电话时，玛丽变得比以前更生气了。故选C项。
【31题详解】
词句猜测题，根据划线词之前句子I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for我在超市里走来走去，试图理清思绪。所以作者去了超市，付钱买了自己所买的商品。故划线词的意思是“玛丽买的商品”。故选A项。
【32题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite(尽管) my best effort to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.就在那时，我开始笑了。我笑得都哭了。尽管我离家出走，我父亲还是设法找到了我。我现在不能离开了，因为他带着关心的眼神坐在那里。由此判断出玛丽高高兴兴地回家了。故选B项。
C
Since the age of 5, Laura Lee has had what most would consider an odd habit-she collects toilet rolls. At that time, she didn’t know this habit would eventually become a nationwide recycling campaign.
In December 2018, as a 16-year-old student of Nanyang Girls’ High School in Singapore, Lee founded ToiletRollSG, a national project that aims to collect 1,000 kilograms of cardboard cylinders — or about 150,000 pieces. As of February of 2021, Lee, who was studying at Hwa Chong Institution, had collected 860 kg of toilet rolls, reported Singapore Today. Slightly later, she was awarded Singapore’s National Environment Agency’s Ecofriend Awards, which recognizes individuals for their contributions to the environment, under the Youth and Students category.
But why did she choose toilet rolls “They are convenient to collect and also one of the purest forms of waste to recycle because they are made of only one material,” Lee told Singapore Today. “Project must be economically practical too. For example, it’s more difficult to recycle pens because they are made up of too many different materials like rubber casings, metals and plastics which require more resources to separate.”
Lee went into a partnership with the waste management firm Veolia, which gives her five cents for every 1 kg of toilet rolls collected.
She organized “toilet roll challenges” within Nanyang Girls’ High School and worked with cleaners to collect used toilet rolls from school toilets. She also conducted talks about ToiletRollSG. But due to COVID-19, she has been unable to conduct physical talks, so she raises awareness about different social causes through her Instagram Live series called On A Roll.
One of the biggest challenges Lee has faced has been others doubting her due to her young age. “I always have to use my actions as well as the different things I’ve done to prove that I’m passionate and know about this,” she told The Straits Times.
Lee will donate the money collected to a social cause that is focused on community health.
33. Why did Lee found ToiletRollSG
A. To develop some good habits. B. To be honored by Ecofriend Awards.
C. To recycle toilet cardboard cylinders. D. To make contributions to her high school.
34. Lee’s mention of pens in Paragraph 3 is to ________.
A. show toilet rolls are more important B. prove it difficult to recycle pens
C. illustrate the process of recycling pens D. explain Lee’s opinion on recycling
35. What is the biggest challenge Laura is faced with
A. The failure to conduct talks. B. The ineffective cooperation.
C. The small amount of money. D. The mistrust of others.
36 Which of the following words can best describe Lee
A. Humorous. B. Responsible. C. Emotional. D. Curious.
【答案】33. C 34. D 35. D 36. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要说明了Laura Lee回收厕所卷筒纸的环保行为，讲述了她选择这么做的原因以及所面临的问题。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“In December 2018, as a 16-year-old student of Nanyang Girls’ High School in Singapore, Lee founded ToiletRollSG, a national project that aims to collect 1,000 kilograms of cardboard cylinders — or about 150,000 pieces.(2018年12月，作为新加坡南洋女子高中的一名16岁的学生，她创立了一个名为“ToiletRollSG”的国家项目，旨在收集1000公斤的卷筒纸，也就是大约15万个)”可知，Lee成立“ToiletRollSG”是为了回收厕所卷筒纸。故选C。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段“But why did she choose toilet rolls “They are convenient to collect and also one of the purest forms of waste to recycle because they are made of only one material,” Lee told Singapore Today. “Project must be economically practical too. For example, it’s more difficult to recycle pens because they are made up of too many different materials like rubber casings, metals and plastics which require more resources to separate.”(但她为什么选择卫生纸卷呢？李在接受《今日新加坡》采访时说：“它们收集起来很方便，也是最纯粹的废物回收形式之一，因为它们只由一种材料制成。这个项目在经济上也必须切实可行。例如，钢笔更难回收，因为它们由太多不同的材料组成，如橡胶外壳、金属和塑料，需要更多的资源来分离。”)”可推知，Lee在第三段中提到的钢笔是为了解释Lee关于回收利用的观点。故选D。
【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“One of the biggest challenges Lee has faced has been others doubting her due to her young age.(她面临的最大挑战之一是，由于年龄太小，有人怀疑她)”可知，劳拉面临的最大挑战是他人的不信任。故选D。
【36题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Lee will donate the money collected to a social cause that is focused on community health.(李将把筹集到的钱捐给以社区健康为重点的社会事业)”可推知，Lee是个有责任心的人。故选B。
D
More than 140 sign languages are used today, primarily by deaf communities around the world. Like spoken languages, each sign language has its own grammar, vocabulary and other special features. For example, American Sign Language is unintelligible（无法了解的）to British Sign language. In fact, American Sign language has more in common with French Sign Language, largely because French educators played a key role in helping get deaf schools founded in the United States during the 19th century.
There haven’t been a lot of comparisons of sign languages. University of Texas, Austin linguist Justin Powers and his colleagues aim to address that information gap. In order to study the question of sign language evolution, they first collected a database of manual alphabets from dozens of different sign languages around the world. So a manual alpha-bet is kind of a subsystem within a sign language that is used to represent a written language. And there’s a hand shape that corresponds to each letter.
To uncover relationships between the alphabets% the researchers used the same methods that biologists use to figure out relationships between different species, based on their DNA. The methods grouped sign languages in this study into five main European lineages（谱系）. And those were Austrian origin, British origin, French origin, Spanish and Swedish. Power says manual alphabets from Austria, France and Spain could date back to one-handed manual alphabets from 16th- and 17th-century Spain. But each of those lineages evolved independently of each other.
The study also confirmed the French origins of American Sign Language and those of other countries, including Mexico, Brazil and the Netherlands. Surprisingly, the Austrian manual alphabet influenced sign languages as far away as Russia. But while this lineage has largely died out, remains of it live on in Icelandic Sign language today.
Power says future research comparing the vocabularies of different sign languages could provide even more clues about how they’ve changed over time. Understanding how sign languages evolve would tell us a lot about the way that language, in general, evolves.
37. What can we know about American Sign Language
A. It was created by French educators.
B. It is less related to French Sign language.
C. It was further developed before the 19th century.
D. It has little in common with British Sign Language.
38. What is special about a manual alphabet
A. Every letter means a hand gesture.
B. It is used to replace the written language.
C. Every letter is the same as the normal alphabet.
D. It is used together with the shape of mouth.
39. What does the author think of the effect of the Austrian manual alphabet
A. Worrying. B. Astonishing.
C. Moving. D. Disappointing.
40. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about
A. The changes of different sign languages.
B. The evolution of different sign languages.
C. The meaning of researching sign languages.
D. The vocabulary of different sign languages.
【答案】37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了不同国家手势语的起源及演变。
【37题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段第三句“For example, American Sign Language is unintelligible to British Sign language.”（例如，美国手语是英国手语无法理解。）可知，美国手势语与英国手势语没有什么共同之处。故选D项。
【38题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段最后两句“So a manual alpha-bet is kind of a subsystem within a sign language that is used to represent a written language. And there’s a hand shape that corresponds to each letter.”（所以手势语字母表是手语中的一个子系统用来表示书面语言。每个字母对应一个手的形状。）可知，手势语字母表的特别之处在于它的每个字母都与一种手势相对应。故选A项。
【39题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段第二句“Surprisingly, the Austrian manual alphabet influenced sign languages as far away as Russia.”（ 令人惊讶的是，奥地利的手语字母表影响了远在俄罗斯的手语。）可知，作者认为奥地利手势语字母表的影响是令人吃惊的。故选B项。
【40题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段内容“future research...in general, evolves （未来对不同手语词汇的比较研究可以提供更多线索，了解它们是如何随着时间变化的。理解手语是如何进化的可以告诉我们很多关于语言进化的信息。）”可知，本段主要介绍了研究手势语的意义。故选C项。
第二节 七选五:阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you’re a chronic procrastinator (慢性拖延者), you’re familiar with the pain and stress that goes hand in hand with leaving things to the last minute. Even if you want to accomplish or finish a task, you’re probably having trouble getting started in the first place! ____41____.
Start your day with the hardest tasks. Make yourself a plan in the morning and pick the hardest task first. You’ll be most energized in the morning once you’ve eaten breakfast and woken up fully. ____42____. You’ll feel better once it’s done, and then you can move on to a few easier tasks for the rest of the day.
____43____. It can be astonishing to think about finishing a whole essay or getting through an entire week’s worth of tasks. Instead of thinking about everything you have to do like one big barrier, break it all down into tiny pieces. You’ll be able to get started on the smallest crumb and go forward from there.
Tackle your most important task for 15 minutes. Instead of thinking about the total number of hours you’re about to work for, just start. ____44____. This will deal with the fear factor, and you'll likely spend much longer than 15 minutes on your task before you stop working again.
Promise yourself you’ll get a reward when it’s done. You’re probably scared of the next however many hours you need to finish this task. Just tell yourself that when it’s over, you get to celebrate with one of your favorite things. ____45____
A. Write a to-do list to set goals first.
B. Break tasks down into small parts.
C. There are several ways that can help you.
D. Stop punishing yourself for procrastinating.
E. Tell yourself you’ve only got to do it for 15 minutes.
F. Handle your hardest thing on your schedule right then.
G. Use that expectation to push yourself through the pain.
【答案】41. C 42. F 43. B 44. E 45. G
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些帮助克服拖延症的方法。
【41题详解】
根据上文“If you’re a chronic procrastinator (慢性拖延者), you’re familiar with the pain and stress that goes hand in hand with leaving things to the last minute. Even if you want to accomplish or finish a task, you’re probably having trouble getting started in the first place! (如果你是一个慢性拖延症患者，你很熟悉把事情拖到最后一分钟所带来的痛苦和压力。即使你想完成或完成一项任务，你可能一开始就有困难！)”和下文提到的具体解决方法可知，空处承上启下，说明有办法可以帮助克服拖延症。C项：There are several ways that can help you.(有几种方法可以帮助你。)符合语境。故选C。
【42题详解】
根据段落主题句“Start your day with the hardest tasks.( 从最难的任务开始你的一天。)”可知，本段建议的方法是先做最难的任务，F项中的“hardest thing”和主题句中的“the hardest tasks ”对应。F项：Handle your hardest thing on your schedule right then.(处理你日程安排中最难的事情。)符合语境。故选F。
【43题详解】
空处为段落主题句。根据下文“Instead of thinking about everything you have to do like one big barrier, break it all down into tiny pieces.( 不要把你要做的每件事都想成一个大障碍，把它分解成小块。)”可知，本段主要介绍的方法是把大的任务分解成小任务，B项中的“small parts”和下文“tiny pieces”对应。B项：Break tasks down into small parts.(把任务分解成小的部分。)符合语境。故选B。
【44题详解】
根据段落主题句“Tackle your most important task for 15 minutes.( 用15分钟解决你最重要的任务。)”可知，本段介绍的方法是限制时间，E项中的“for 15 minutes.”与主题句对应。E项：Tell yourself you’ve only got to do it for 15 minutes.(告诉自己你只需要做15分钟。)符合语境。故选E。
【45题详解】
根据上文“Just tell yourself that when it’s over, you get to celebrate with one of your favorite things.( 告诉自己，当一切结束时，你可以用你最喜欢的东西来庆祝。)”可知，空处承接上文，说明要用好的期望来激励自己。G项：Use that expectation to push yourself through the pain.(用这种期望来推动自己克服痛苦。)符合语境。故选G。
五、语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分, 共15分)
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. When he ____46____(ask) why he was able to succeed, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with ____47____ mother when he was about two years old. “I was trying to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I lost the bottle and it fell, spilling(溢出) the milk all over the floor—a sea of milk! I got ____48____ (frighten) and I didn’t know what to do!” he said.
Instead of ____49____(punish) him, his mother asked him to play in the milk for a while. Then she said, “You know, we failed in how to____50____(success) carry a big milk bottle with two tiny ____51____(hand) just now. Let’s go out in the yard and fill the bottle ____52____ water to see if you can discover a way to carry it.”
This famous scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he ____53____(know) he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes ____54____ were actually opportunities for learning something new. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually learn something _____55_____(value) from it.
【答案】46. was asked
47. his 48. frightened
49. punishing
50. successfully
51. hands 52. with
53. knew 54. which##that
55. valuable
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了一位著名科学家讲述自己两岁左右时和妈妈的经历，这个经历为他的成功奠定了基础。
【46题详解】
考查时态、语态和主谓一致。句意：当被问及为什么能够成功时，他给出了答案。根据句中的was和gave可知，这里表示过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。主语he和ask之间是动宾关系，应用被动语态，且主语为第三人称单数，所以谓语应用单数形式。故填was asked。
【47题详解】
考查代词。句意：这一切都源于他两岁左右与母亲的一次经历。根据空后的mother和下文中的“his mother”可知，这里指这位科学家的妈妈，应用形容词性物主代词his。故填his。
【48题详解】
考查形容词。句意：我吓坏了，不知道该怎么办！空处应用形容词，作表语，且主语为指人的I，所以应用-ed形式的形容词frightened，意为“惊吓的，害怕的”。故填frightened。
【49题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：他的母亲没有惩罚他，而是让他在牛奶里玩一会儿。空处应用动名词，作介词的宾语。故填punishing。
【50题详解】
考查副词。句意：你知道，我们刚才没能用两只小手成功地搬运一个大奶瓶。空处应用副词，修饰动词carry。successfully意为“成功地”。故填successfully。
【51题详解】
考查名词的数。句意参考上题。hand为可数名词，且其前有two修饰，所以应用名词复数。故填hands。
【52题详解】
考查介词。句意：让我们到院子里去，把水瓶装满水，看看你能不能找到拿起它的方法。fill...with...意为“用……装满……”。故填with。
【53题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：这位著名科学家随后表示，正是在那一刻，他知道自己不需要害怕犯错误，而这些错误实际上是学习新东西的机会。根据句中的时间状语“at that moment”可知，这里表示过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时。故填knew。
【54题详解】
考查定语从句。句意参考上题。分析句子结构，空处引导限定性定语从句，先行词是mistakes，指物，关系词在从句中作主语，所以应用关系代词which或that引导。故填which或that。
【55题详解】
考查形容词。句意：即使这个实验“不起作用”，我们通常也会从中学到一些有价值的东西。空处应用形容词，作定语，修饰前面的不定代词something。valuable意为“很有用的，宝贵的”。故填valuable。
六、课文填空。(共10小题，每小题1分, 共10分)
请把单词完整地写在答题卡上。
课本原文填空
We use both words and body language to e____56____our thoughts and opinions in our interactions with other people. We can learn a lot about what people are thinking by w____57____ their body language. Words are i____58____, but the way people stand, hold their arms, and move their hands can also give us information about their f____59____.
Just like spoken language, body language v____60____ from culture to culture. The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is a____61____ to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact—looking into someone’s eyes—in some countries is a way to d____62____ interest. In other countries, by contrast, eye contact is not always a____63____ of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially p____64____ to make eye contact. In Japan, it may d_____65_____ respect to look down when talking to an older person.
【答案】56. express
57. watching
58. important
59. feelings
60. varies 61. appropriate
62. display
63. approved
64. permitted
65. demonstrate
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。介绍了肢体语言能告知我们更多信息。而且，肢体语言在不同的文化当中也各不相同。
【56题详解】
考查动词。句意：在与他人的互动中，我们使用语言和肢体语言来表达自己的想法和观点。首字母是e，根据“our thoughts and opinions in our interactions with other people”句意可知填入express“表达”符合题意，在动词不定式符号to后用动词原形。故填express。
【57题详解】
考查动词。句意：我们可以通过观察人们肢体语言来了解他们的想法。watch翻译为“观察”，跟在介词by后面需用动名词-ing形式作宾语。故填watching。
【58题详解】
考查形容词。句意：言语很重要，但人们站着、抱着手臂和移动双手的方式也可以告诉我们他们的感受。根据首字母i，important“重要的”符合句意，表示言语很重要，形容词作表语。故填important。
【59题详解】
考查名词。句意：言语很重要，但人们站着、抱着手臂和移动双手的方式也可以告诉我们他们的感受。feeling表达“感受”。前面是their，feeling是可数名词，所以需要用复数形式。故填feelings。
【60题详解】
考查动词和固定短语。句意：就像口语一样，肢体语言因文化而异。vary from...to是固定短语，表示“因……而异”，此句中vary from culture to culture表示“因文化而异”。此句是一般现在时，且主语是body language，是单数形式，所以vary要变成三单形式，故填varies。
【61题详解】
考查形容词。句意：最重要的是以适合你所处文化的方式使用肢体语言。根据前文“Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture.(就像口语一样，肢体语言因文化而异。)”可知，在使用肢体语言时，关键是要适合你所处的文化环境。be appropriate to是固定短语，表示“适合，适宜”。故填appropriate。
【62题详解】
考查动词。句意：例如，在一些国家，眼神交流——看着别人的眼睛——是一种表达兴趣的方式。a way to do sth表示“做某事的方式”，动词不定式作后置定语。display interest表示“显示，表示，展示兴趣”。故填display。
【63题详解】
考查动词和被动语态。句意：相比之下，在其他国家，眼神交流并不总是被认可的。approve of是固定短语，表示“同意，赞成”。此句eye contact做主语，与approve of逻辑上构成被动关系，所以要用被动语态，填入过去分词与空格前的is一起构成一般现在时的被动语态。故填approved。
【64题详解】
考查动词和被动语态。句意：例如，在许多中东国家，社会不允许男女进行眼神交流。permit sb to do sth是固定短语，表示“允许某人做某事”。此句men and women做主语，与permit在逻辑上构成被动关系，所以要用被动语态，填入过去分词与空格前的are一起构成一般现在时的被动语态。。故填permitted。
【65题详解】
考查动词。在日本，当与老年人交谈时，低头会表示尊重。may是情态动词，后面接动词原形。demonstrate翻译为“表现，证明，说明”。故填demonstrate。
七、基础知识
第一节：单词拼写 根据中文及首字母提示填写单词的正确形式。(共10小题，每题0.5分，共5分)。
注意：请把单词完整地写在答题卡上，完全正确才得分，否则0分。
66. The local government has a___________ (采取) effective measures to decrease unemployment. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】adopted##dopted
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：当地政府采取了有效措施减少失业。根据句意和提示的首字母可知，表示“采取”应为adopt，分析句子结构可知，空前为助动词has，所以此处使用过去分词形式与has构成现在完成时。故填adopted。
67. You would be well advised to t___________ (解决) this problem urgently. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】tackle##ackle
【解析】
【详解】考查及物动词。句意：你最好紧急解决这个问题。根据中英文提示和空后的this problem可知，这里应用及物动词tackle，且空前有不定式符号to，所以这里应用动词原形。故填tackle。
68. She b__________ (弯曲) down, picked up a rock, and threw it into the river. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】bent##ent
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：她弯下腰，捡起一块石头，扔进了河里。根据提示的汉语和首字母可知，表示“弯曲”应为bend，根据并列谓语picked以及threw可知，此处使用一般过去时，且与句子主语she之间为主动关系。故填bent。
69. Women are still the main victims of d__________(家庭的) violence. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】domestic##omestic
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：妇女仍然是家庭暴力的主要受害者。根据首字母和汉语提示可知，domestic家庭的，形容词作定语，修饰空后名词，符合题意。故填domestic。
70. A ________(目击者) is a person who sees what happens with his or her eyes on the spot.
【答案】witness
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：目击者是当场亲眼目睹发生的事件的人。根据“A”可知，此空应填可数名词单词，再根据中文提示和句意可知，应填witness，在本句中作主语。故填witness。
71. Many tall buildings have been set up on the e_________(边缘)of the city. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】edge##dge
【解析】
【详解】考查名词。句意：在城市的边缘建起了许多高楼。根据汉语提示和首字母可知，空处可使用名词edge（边缘）作宾语，故填edge/dge。
72. I behaved badly yesterday and I am a___________ (羞愧的) now. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】ashamed##shamed
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：我昨天表现不好，现在很羞愧。根据汉语提示“羞愧的”和首字母“a”提示，可知填ashamed,表示“惭愧的，羞愧的”。故填ashamed.
73. You should wear something light-coloured when you’re cycling at night so that you’re more v_____________ (看得见) (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】visible##isible
【解析】
【详解】考查形容词。句意：晚上骑自行车时，你应该穿浅色的衣服，这样你才能更能让人看见。根据中英文提示，这里应用形容词visible，作表语。故填visible。
74. Smoking might be b__________ (禁止，取缔) totally in most buildings in big cities. (根据中英文提示填空)
【答案】banned##anned
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：在大城市的大多数建筑物中，吸烟可能是完全禁止的。分析句子结构可知，动词ban“禁止，取缔”符合句意，与主语Smoking之间为被动关系，空处填过去分词构成含情态动词的被动语态。故填banned。
75. Mary o________ (克服) a lot of difficulties and got some achievements. （根据中英文提示填空）
【答案】overcame##vercame
【解析】
【详解】考查动词。句意：玛丽克服了许多困难，取得了一些成绩。分析句式结构再根据首字母汉语提示可知，此处用动词overcome作谓语表示“克服”，再根据got可知，本句的时态为一般过去时，所以谓语动词用动词的过去式overcame。故答案为overcame。
第二节 短语填空：用所学短语的恰当形式完成句子。(共 4小题：每空0.5分, 共5分)
76. The movie will ________ _________(有吸引力) adults as well as children. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】 ①. appeal ②. to
【解析】
【详解】考查固定搭配。句意：这部电影对成人和儿童都有吸引力。根据设空和汉语提示以及空后的adults as well as children，这里应用appeal to，意为“对……有吸引力”，且空前有will，所以动词应用原形。故填appeal；to。
77. I hope to have a talk with Simon to _________ _________(消除) the barrier between us. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】 ①. break ②. down
【解析】
【详解】考查固定搭配。句意：我希望能和西蒙谈谈，以便消除我们之间的隔阂。根据设空、汉语提示和空后的the barrier between us可知，这里应用break down，为固定搭配，break为及物动词，down作副词修饰动词。且空前有不定式符号to，所以应用动词原形。故填break；down。
78. Winter is coming and most birds are _______ ________ _______(在行进中) to the south. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】 ①. on ②. the ③. move
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语。句意：冬天来了，大多数鸟都向南方迁徙。根据汉语提示“在行进中”，前面是be 动词，所以考查固定短语be on the move，翻译为“正在行进中，移动中，迁徙中”。故填on the move.
79. He is very tired, because he has been busy working for three months. ________ ________ ________ (换句话说), he needs a holiday. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
【答案】 ①. In ②. other ③. words
【解析】
【详解】考查固定短语。句意：他很累，因为他已经忙了三个月了。换句话说，他需要休假。根据提示的汉语，表示“换句话说”应为in other words，在句中为插入语，位于句首，in的首字母需大写。故填①In②other③words。
八、书面表达(满分15分)
80. 假设你是学生会主席李华，学生会举办了英语演讲比赛，得到了外教David的大力帮助。活动圆满结束后，请你代表学生会用英语给他写一封感谢信。内容包括：
1. 感谢； 2. 外教的帮助； 3. 同学们的收获。
注意：
1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】One possible version:
Dear David,
On behalf of the Student Council, I’m writing to express my gratitude for your selfless assistance in the English Speech Contest, without which the contest couldn’t have been a success.
Under your instructive guidance we performed very well. Not only did you help the contestants polish their words, but also you guided us on the way to exploring the essence of language, which will undoubtedly broaden our horizons in Chinese and western culture.
Your professional help is of great benefit to us. For one thing, it is you that have built up our confidence in language learning, for another, we have caught a glimpse of the differences between eastern and western languages.
Thanks again for your generous assistance.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生对外教David在举办英语演讲比赛期间提供的帮助表示感谢。同时也要介绍同学们在活动中的收获。
【详解】1.词汇积累
代表：on behalf of→in the name of
感激：gratitude→appreciation
比赛：contest→competition
帮助：help sb. do sth.→assist sb. to do sth.
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：Your professional help is of great benefit to us.
拓展句：There is no denying that your professional help is of great benefit to us.
【点睛】【高分句型1】On behalf of the Student Council, I’m writing to express my gratitude for your selfless assistance in the English Speech Contest, without which the contest couldn’t have been a success. (运用了介词+which引导的非限制性定语从句)
【高分句型2】 Not only did you help the contestants polish their words, but also you guided us on the way to exploring the essence of language, which will undoubtedly broaden our horizons in Chinese and western culture. (运用了部分倒装句，同时运用了which引导的非限制性定语从句)
听力答案：1-5 CCBCA 6-10 AACBB2023-2024学年度第一学期月考1试题
高二英语
时间: 120分钟
注意：本试卷满分150分。
1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将所在的试室、自己姓名、班别和考生号填写在答题卷(卡)上，涉及电脑阅卷的答题卡要用2B铅笔涂好考生号。
2、答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应位置上，涉及电脑阅卷的答题卡用2B铅笔填涂，不准使用涂改液，否则一律无效。
3、交卷时，只交回答题卷(卡)，试卷由考生自己带回保管。
一、听力 (共10小题;每小题2分，共20分)
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。听下面一段对话，回答第1-2题。
1. What does the woman like doing on weekends
A Going swimming. B. Going shopping. C. Going biking.
2. Who does the woman stay with on Sundays
A. Her travel partners. B. Her friends. C. Her family.
听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。
3. Who is the woman speaking to
A. A reporter. B. A teacher. C. A student.
4. What does the man probably want to study in the future
A. Math. B. Law. C. Spanish.
5. What can we know about the online courses
A. They are available for free.
B. They are for university students.
C. They are about computer programming.
听下面一段独白，回答第6-8题。
6. What is the speaker’s first suggestion
A. Try food in small shops. B. Learn Chilean history. C. Go hiking with friends.
7. What means of transport does the speaker recommend
A. Subway. B. Train. C. Bus.
8. What is the speaker probably doing
A. Giving a geography class.
B. Giving a guided tour.
C. Hosting a program.
听下面一段对话，回答第9-10题。
9. Where is the man now
A. In Canada. B. In Britain. C. In China.
10. What will the man probably do tomorrow
A. Take some photos. B. Meet with Jean. C. Visit his uncle.
二、单项选择(共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)
1. The job is ________to me because I've little experience. However, it is also ________.
A. challenging; rewarding B. challenged; rewarded
C. challenging; rewarded D. challenged; rewarding
2. As he was not allowed to________ her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.
A. sympathy B. satisfy C. accompany D. alarm
3. She failed the exam again, but her sister, ________, did it very well.
A. deep down B. upside down C. by contrast D. in turn
4. My mother didn’t ________my giving up the current job.
A. in favor of B. break up C. make inferences D. approve of
5. We can ________early so that we’ll have more time to read and select books.
A. set out B. set up C. set aside D. set back
6. ________mountains on such a clear day________ a good way to relax.
A. Climb, is B. Climbing, is C. To climb, are D. Climbing, are
7. ________in a famous university is what most students wish for.
A. Educating B. Educate C. Being educated D. Educated.
8. ________ himself ________ the project, he had no time to go back home.
A. Occupied; with B. Occupied; of
C. Occupying; with D. Occupying; of
9. I am very tired and don’t feel like _________ anything at the moment.
A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. eaten
10. There was an awkward silence when no one knew what ________, and then I changed the subject.
A. say B. saying C. said D. to say
三、完型填空(共15题，每小题1分，共15分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Erik And Brittany Mallasch knew each other in 2006. They got married ____11____ and have three children together. For the past decade, they’ve been focused on ____12____ their family with different needs. That’s a(n)____13____ for a lot of parents.
Erik was a plumber(水电工). He had his own YouTube channel, where he ____14____ the nickname “The Naked Plumber”. Sometimes, he would usually ____15____ most of his mornings filming himself. He also did much ____16____ for his friends and family members.
The loving husband and father devoted most of his ____17____ to making sure his family was ____18____ well. In fact, that is the thing that any father would do. However, Erik ____19____ that he spent a lot more time focusing on his family’s ____20____ rather than having fun. That realization led to Erik coming up with a(n)____21____ that would shock many people,____22____ his wife. So Erik asked his lovely wife how he could make her happier, but she couldn’t help but ____23____. He told Brittany that she didn’t have to go to work for the time being. Erik handed Brittany a brown paper bag.
It was a folded pink paper that would change her mood quickly! Because it was really her ____24____ gift—a passport for a sightseeing to Germany. It was something that Brittany would have never ____25____ in her wildest dreams.
11 A. sooner B. later C. recently D. before
12. A. providing B. comparing C. taking D. connecting
13. A. advantage B. source C. success D. challenge
14. A. preferred B. forgot C. used D. lost
15. A. waste B. spend C. save D. delay
16. A. research B. shopping C. space D. work
17. A. feeling B. time C. promise D. honesty
18. A. set about B. looked after C. passed down D. cleared up
19. A. realized B. imagined C. responded D. announced
20. A. opinions B. hobbies C. needs D. stories
21. A. fact B. title C. idea D. explanation
22 A. finally B. entirely C. especially D. directly
23. A. fear B. run C. laugh D. jump
24. A. favorite B. regular C. personal D. simplest
25. A. requested B. expected C. doubted D. admitted
四、阅读理解(五篇，共20小题;每小题2.5分，共50分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Children’s Art Exhibition 2022: Looking for Light
Exhibition time: March 25~ April 23, 2022
Theme-light in art:
.Artists play with light, both as a subject and as a tool.
.Light changes colors, creates shadow and is used to create space in pictures.
.Light can be used within a work of art. Special effects can be produced by the change between light and dark.
.In addition to making things visible, light can be used to inspire emotions.
.This exhibit shows how light is used to create effects within art.
People who can take part:
Kindergarten through eighth grade students may enter for this exhibition.
Requirements:
.Art pieces must be created between August 2021 and February 2022.
.The work must be no larger than 12cm×18cm.
.Only one work per person is accepted, including co-working artworks.
.Works are accepted from February 22 to March 11, 2022.
More information:
.Complete a form to make sure you have included a statement about how light is used in your piece. Attach it to the back of your artwork.
.Deliver your artwork to the Museum at 302 Second Avenue East, Kalispell, MT.
.Contact Kathy Martin, Director of Education, at 7555268 or email education@ with any questions about this exhibition.
.Students or their teachers may hand in artworks for this exhibition.
.The works selected for display are determined by how well they show the theme and the
quality of works.
Note: In order to help us create the best artworks, we ask teachers turning in artworks on behalf of their class to make a selection of artworks ahead of time to reduce too many of the same ones.
26. When can the works be turned in
A. On March 10. B. On March 24.
C. On April 11. D. On May 25.
27. Which is a requirement for the exhibition
A. Only eighth grade students can take part.
B. The work must be larger than 12cm×18cm.
C. Each of the works should have just one creator.
D. The work is finished between August 2021 and February 2022.
28. What are teachers asked to do
A. Choose the best works. B. Select the works in advance .
C. Contact Kathy Martin ahead of time. D. Deliver art to the museum in person.
B
It was late one evening. I can’t remember what it was about, but my Dad and I had a very big argument when my mother was away. We both said things we didn’t mean, and in the end I said, “I’m leaving.” And he said, “Good. The sooner, the better.”
I threw a few things in the suitcase and closed the door violently behind me, not knowing where I was going. After walking aimlessly for 20 minutes, I stopped at a local supermarket. Then my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Hey, Mary. Where are you Dad is worried about you.”
“How can he worry about me I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me. “Listen, Mom. You can tell Dad that I’m fine. I’ll call you tomorrow.” I said and hung up.
I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my purchases, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I left the supermarket, a large piece of white paper was in front of me. On the piece of white paper were these words: “Please come home! I miss you and I’m worried about you!”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my Dad. Besides him, smiling gently, sat my mom. And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite(尽管) my best effort to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.
29. Why does Mary leave home
A. had to make her own living B. had a bad performance at school
C. had an argument with her mother D. had a big argument with her father
30. What does Mary do, after her mother called her,
A. tried to calm down B. forgave her father
C became angrier than before D. agreed to go home
31. What does the underlined word “purchases” in Paragraph 4 mean
A. goods Mary bought B. actions Mary regretted (后悔)
C. telephone calls Mary made D. lessons Mary learned
32. What probably happened at the end of the story
A. Mary still refused to go home. B. Mary returned home happily.
C. Mary’s father became angry again. D. Mary’s mother was angry with her father.
C
Since the age of 5, Laura Lee has had what most would consider an odd habit-she collects toilet rolls. At that time, she didn’t know this habit would eventually become a nationwide recycling campaign.
In December 2018, as a 16-year-old student of Nanyang Girls’ High School in Singapore, Lee founded ToiletRollSG, a national project that aims to collect 1,000 kilograms of cardboard cylinders — or about 150,000 pieces. As of February of 2021, Lee, who was studying at Hwa Chong Institution, had collected 860 kg of toilet rolls, reported Singapore Today. Slightly later, she was awarded Singapore’s National Environment Agency’s Ecofriend Awards, which recognizes individuals for their contributions to the environment, under the Youth and Students category.
But why did she choose toilet rolls “They are convenient to collect and also one of the purest forms of waste to recycle because they are made of only one material,” Lee told Singapore Today. “Project must be economically practical too. For example, it’s more difficult to recycle pens because they are made up of too many different materials like rubber casings, metals and plastics which require more resources to separate.”
Lee went into a partnership with the waste management firm Veolia, which gives her five cents for every 1 kg of toilet rolls collected.
She organized “toilet roll challenges” within Nanyang Girls’ High School and worked with cleaners to collect used toilet rolls from school toilets. She also conducted talks about ToiletRollSG. But due to COVID-19, she has been unable to conduct physical talks, so she raises awareness about different social causes through her Instagram Live series called On A Roll.
One of the biggest challenges Lee has faced has been others doubting her due to her young age. “I always have to use my actions as well as the different things I’ve done to prove that I’m passionate and know about this,” she told The Straits Times.
Lee will donate the money collected to a social cause that is focused on community health.
33. Why did Lee found ToiletRollSG
A. To develop some good habits. B. To be honored by Ecofriend Awards.
C. To recycle toilet cardboard cylinders. D. To make contributions to her high school.
34. Lee’s mention of pens in Paragraph 3 is to ________.
A. show toilet rolls are more important B. prove it difficult to recycle pens
C. illustrate the process of recycling pens D. explain Lee’s opinion on recycling
35. What is the biggest challenge Laura is faced with
A. The failure to conduct talks. B. The ineffective cooperation.
C. The small amount of money. D. The mistrust of others.
36. Which of the following words can best describe Lee
A. Humorous. B. Responsible. C. Emotional. D. Curious.
D
More than 140 sign languages are used today, primarily by deaf communities around the world. Like spoken languages, each sign language has its own grammar, vocabulary and other special features. For example, American Sign Language is unintelligible（无法了解的）to British Sign language. In fact, American Sign language has more in common with French Sign Language, largely because French educators played a key role in helping get deaf schools founded in the United States during the 19th century.
There haven’t been a lot of comparisons of sign languages. University of Texas, Austin linguist Justin Powers and his colleagues aim to address that information gap. In order to study the question of sign language evolution, they first collected a database of manual alphabets from dozens of different sign languages around the world. So a manual alpha-bet is kind of a subsystem within a sign language that is used to represent a written language. And there’s a hand shape that corresponds to each letter.
To uncover relationships between the alphabets% the researchers used the same methods that biologists use to figure out relationships between different species, based on their DNA. The methods grouped sign languages in this study into five main European lineages（谱系）. And those were Austrian origin, British origin, French origin, Spanish and Swedish. Power says manual alphabets from Austria, France and Spain could date back to one-handed manual alphabets from 16th- and 17th-century Spain. But each of those lineages evolved independently of each other.
The study also confirmed the French origins of American Sign Language and those of other countries, including Mexico, Brazil and the Netherlands. Surprisingly, the Austrian manual alphabet influenced sign languages as far away as Russia. But while this lineage has largely died out, remains of it live on in Icelandic Sign language today.
Power says future research comparing the vocabularies of different sign languages could provide even more clues about how they’ve changed over time. Understanding how sign languages evolve would tell us a lot about the way that language, in general, evolves.
37. What can we know about American Sign Language
A. It was created by French educators.
B. It is less related to French Sign language.
C. It was further developed before the 19th century.
D. It has little in common with British Sign Language.
38. What is special about a manual alphabet
A. Every letter means a hand gesture.
B. It is used to replace the written language.
C Every letter is the same as the normal alphabet.
D. It is used together with the shape of mouth.
39. What does the author think of the effect of the Austrian manual alphabet
A. Worrying. B. Astonishing.
C. Moving. D. Disappointing.
40. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about
A. The changes of different sign languages.
B. The evolution of different sign languages.
C. The meaning of researching sign languages.
D. The vocabulary of different sign languages.
第二节 七选五:阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you’re a chronic procrastinator (慢性拖延者), you’re familiar with the pain and stress that goes hand in hand with leaving things to the last minute. Even if you want to accomplish or finish a task, you’re probably having trouble getting started in the first place! ____41____.
Start your day with the hardest tasks. Make yourself a plan in the morning and pick the hardest task first. You’ll be most energized in the morning once you’ve eaten breakfast and woken up fully. ____42____. You’ll feel better once it’s done, and then you can move on to a few easier tasks for the rest of the day.
____43____. It can be astonishing to think about finishing a whole essay or getting through an entire week’s worth of tasks. Instead of thinking about everything you have to do like one big barrier, break it all down into tiny pieces. You’ll be able to get started on the smallest crumb and go forward from there.
Tackle your most important task for 15 minutes. Instead of thinking about the total number of hours you’re about to work for, just start. ____44____. This will deal with the fear factor, and you'll likely spend much longer than 15 minutes on your task before you stop working again.
Promise yourself you’ll get a reward when it’s done. You’re probably scared of the next however many hours you need to finish this task. Just tell yourself that when it’s over, you get to celebrate with one of your favorite things. ____45____
A. Write a to-do list to set goals first.
B. Break tasks down into small parts.
C. There are several ways that can help you.
D. Stop punishing yourself for procrastinating.
E. Tell yourself you’ve only got to do it for 15 minutes.
F. Handle your hardest thing on your schedule right then.
G. Use that expectation to push yourself through the pain.
五、语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分, 共15分)
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. When he ____46____(ask) why he was able to succeed, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with ____47____ mother when he was about two years old. “I was trying to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I lost the bottle and it fell, spilling(溢出) the milk all over the floor—a sea of milk! I got ____48____ (frighten) and I didn’t know what to do!” he said.
Instead of ____49____(punish) him, his mother asked him to play in the milk for a while. Then she said, “You know, we failed in how to____50____(success) carry a big milk bottle with two tiny ____51____(hand) just now. Let’s go out in the yard and fill the bottle ____52____ water to see if you can discover a way to carry it.”
This famous scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he ____53____(know) he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes ____54____ were actually opportunities for learning something new. Even if the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually learn something _____55_____(value) from it.
六、课文填空。(共10小题，每小题1分, 共10分)
请把单词完整地写在答题卡上。
课本原文填空
We use both words and body language to e____56____our thoughts and opinions in our interactions with other people. We can learn a lot about what people are thinking by w____57____ their body language. Words are i____58____, but the way people stand, hold their arms, and move their hands can also give us information about their f____59____.
Just like spoken language, body language v____60____ from culture to culture. The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is a____61____ to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact—looking into someone’s eyes—in some countries is a way to d____62____ interest. In other countries, by contrast, eye contact is not always a____63____ of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially p____64____ to make eye contact. In Japan, it may d_____65_____ respect to look down when talking to an older person.
七、基础知识
第一节：单词拼写 根据中文及首字母提示填写单词的正确形式。(共10小题，每题0.5分，共5分)。
注意：请把单词完整地写在答题卡上，完全正确才得分，否则0分。
66. The local government has a___________ (采取) effective measures to decrease unemployment. (根据中英文提示填空)
67. You would be well advised to t___________ (解决) this problem urgently. (根据中英文提示填空)
68. She b__________ (弯曲) down, picked up a rock, and threw it into the river. (根据中英文提示填空)
69. Women are still the main victims of d__________(家庭的) violence. (根据中英文提示填空)
70. A ________(目击者) is a person who sees what happens with his or her eyes on the spot.
71. Many tall buildings have been set up on the e_________(边缘)of the city. (根据中英文提示填空)
72. I behaved badly yesterday and I am a___________ (羞愧的) now. (根据中英文提示填空)
73. You should wear something light-coloured when you’re cycling at night so that you’re more v_____________ (看得见的) (根据中英文提示填空)
74. Smoking might be b__________ (禁止，取缔) totally in most buildings in big cities. (根据中英文提示填空)
75. Mary o________ (克服) a lot of difficulties and got some achievements. （根据中英文提示填空）
第二节 短语填空：用所学短语的恰当形式完成句子。(共 4小题：每空0.5分, 共5分)
76. The movie will ________ _________(有吸引力) adults as well as children. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
77. I hope to have a talk with Simon to _________ _________(消除) the barrier between us. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
78. Winter is coming and most birds are _______ ________ _______(在行进中) to the south. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
79. He is very tired, because he has been busy working for three months. ________ ________ ________ (换句话说), he needs a holiday. (根据汉语提示完成句子)
八、书面表达(满分15分)
80. 假设你是学生会主席李华，学生会举办了英语演讲比赛，得到了外教David的大力帮助。活动圆满结束后，请你代表学生会用英语给他写一封感谢信。内容包括：
1. 感谢； 2. 外教的帮助； 3. 同学们的收获。
注意：
1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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